Your Teacher I, am Hella Rich

Chapter 18 - Blocked~

Two weeks ago, Knight Errant Road released a new Baituo Mountain Village instance and was recognized by the players to be the most challenging dungeon to date.

This time, it was this particular dungeon that Ji Xiaoli and a few other people were running together.

There are three BOSSes in this dungeon. The first one is Ouyang Ke, followed by Yang Kang, and the final BOSS is Ouyang Feng*.

*The aforementioned BOSSes references fictional characters from Jin Yong’s wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Meat Bun, Braised Pigeon, and a few others were clearly experienced. Under their guidance, the newbies and Ji Xiaoli managed to pass the first two BOSSes without incident even though they were constantly hovering between life and death. 20 minutes quickly passed.

And thus, they’ve reached the third BOSS.

【Team】Protect Our Meat Bun: Beware of Ouyang Feng’s deadly vermins. This old vicious creature will summon ten venomous snakes, one for each of us, every time he uses Toad Stance*. Remember to be constantly on the move to avoid the snakes. Try not to get bitten by them, otherwise, even 10 wet nurses wouldn’t be able to save you. 

*蛤蟆功 Toad Stance or Toad Skill is Ouyang Feng’s signature martial arts technique. 

【Team】Braised Pigeon: And most importantly, don’t die! 

【Team】YueJian ChunHe: Yes. If Braised Pigeon, Meat Bun, Lao Wan, or I die, the wet nurse must revive us. If the others perish, don’t bother. It’ll just waste the resurrection skill’s cooldown. 

Ji Xiaoli was dazed.

YueJian ChunHe, Meat Bun, Pigeon, and Lao Wan are the team’s big shots with the highest cultivation. If they die, they can be revived but if the rest perishes, are they to lie down and feed on winter’s northwestern wind*? Are bosses nowadays so self-serving, egotistical, and look down on the weaker accounts? He was ranked 41st in the Huashan rankings!  

*喝西北风 Feed on winter’s northwestern wind implies living on an empty stomach with nothing to eat. 

“The slag man’s substitute is also so petty!”

People who associate with that guy are truly dreadful!

With such thoughts in his mind, Ji Xiaoli also had dignity. He was focused, viscerally determined, and resolved to not die. However, only five minutes later, in the grassy lawns of Baituo Mountain Village, the foreign-looking, stoutly built Ouyang Feng suddenly landed on all fours and pressed his chest close to the ground, his mouth clamped shut. He resembled a toad, his cheeks bulging as he produced a croaking sound.

Immediately afterward, a rustling sound echoed throughout.

A black shadow flashed before his eyes, and Ji Xiaoli immediately realized that it was a venomous snake. He maneuvered the mouse to narrowly dodge twice, but failed to avoid the last one. The deadly snake bit into the blue-clad swordsman’s calf in one bite, and Ji Xiaoli cried out in misery, slumping to the ground. Within seconds, he had been poisoned to death.

The team of 10 was instantly cut down by half.

Besides the four carries, only Milk Tea Small Crisp firmly stood his ground with not even a drop of health gone.

The other five novices were dead on the ground.

Braised Pigeon was amazed:【Eh, you’re not dead?】

Lao Wan:【Not bad, Milk Tea. Your positioning is good. Normally, players who enter the Baituo Mountain Village’s dungeon for the first time would meet untimely ends. Even I died seven or eight times before I developed the skill to dodge the snakes.】

【Team】YueJian ChunHe: Conveniently, the one who survived was a nanny. Sister Milk Tea, you and Meat Bun heal the three of us. You don’t have to revive the novices. Just let them watch from where they are. Let’s see how the five of us can defeat this boss by ourselves hahahahaha.

Milk Tea Small Crisp did not say a single word from beginning to end. The white-clad Emei soundlessly healed his teammates. Ji Xiaoli laid dead on the ice-cold terrain and watched as his disciple stomped on his face with no intention of reviving him.

Ji Xiaoli was depressed: his disciple had changed!

Before Ji Xiaoli could grumble about how “My disciple had gone astray because of YueJian ChunHe’s substitute’s teachings”, a PM appeared in his mailbox. 

【PM】Milk Tea Small Crisp: Have you read this dungeon’s strategy guide? 

Ji Xiaoli was startled.

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: Disciple, aren’t you busy with the BOSS? You still have time to chat with me?

Milk Tea Small Crisp did not deign him an answer.

【Go read the last BOSS’s strategy guide.】

Well, he was going to stay dead anyway. Ji Xiaoli gave in to boredom and opened the game forum to find a Baituo Mountain Village instance strategy guide.

【BOSS: Ouyang Feng】

【Level: Level 160】

【Skills….】

……

【Passive Skills: Every time a player is killed by Ouyang Feng or Ouyang Feng’s poisonous viper, it will trigger the effect “The Weak Have No Rights”, reducing output and health by 50%. Effects can be stacked.】

Ji Xiaoli’s eyes widened in horror as he hurriedly searched for the strategy to clear the dungeon.

【Strategy: Become a powerhouse and die less.】

Ji Xiaoli: “…..”

Do I look like I can suddenly become an expert!?

Ji Xiaoli finally understood why YueJian ChunHe’s substitute instructed them to not revive the newbies if they died. Damage output and health pool cut down in half! Even if they were resurrected, they would be no different than a worthless encumbrance. One touch from Ouyang Feng would put them right back where they were. And then the damage output and health would be halved again.

What sham of a dungeon is this!?

Ji Xiaoli mentally cursed the planner for devising this dungeon a hundred times over. When he returned to the game, he found the five had already beaten Ouyang Feng to death.

【Boss Yue’s damage is too damn high!】

【He’s the only one with 20,000 cultivation in the whole server. Boss Yue is really the pride of all Huashan’s. So cool!】

The novices who were dead on the ground continued to blow hot air toward Yuejian ChunHe. After exchanging a few polite words, the substitute turned his head and said:【Sister Milk Tea, your mechanical skills are pretty good. How about it? Do you want to add me?】

【Protect Our Meat Bun: cough-cough, what are you trying to do? You’re using ChunHe’s account to add… a girl. Aren’t you worried ChunHe will come find you when he finds out?】

【YueJian ChunHe: This is the Emei sister with the Hands of Rejuvenation. What’s wrong with adding her? Who knows ChunHe might actually be happy and thank me. And, Meat Bun, what’s up with you today? It’s not like I was screwing with the girl. Why do you keep interrupting my conversation with her?】

Protect Our Meat Bun: “…..”

Do what you want. Don’t say I didn’t warn you when you meet your maker.

Milk Tea Small Crisp did not bother with entertaining this fake YueJian ChunHe and headed directly to Ouyang Feng’s dropped equipment.

Golden crates all fell in a heap and cluttered the gardens of Baituo Mountain Village.

Baituo Mountain Village is the most challenging dungeon in Knight Errant Road but the rewards are also the most lucrative. If you defeat Ouyang Feng, ten golden chests would be dropped and if you opened the chests, you will have the chance to uncover all kinds of excellent equipment and materials.

The ten players each picked up a box.

Ji Xiaoli walked over to Ouyang Feng’s corpse and casually grabbed one for himself.

【Team】YueJian ChunHe: That venomous creature is obstinate and hard to beat. The only good thing about it is that the drops are good and fair. One box per person, and no one steals from the others. I’m telling you, I received a pair of gold-ranked pants for the boss last week. Your Boss Yue is luckless compared to me. If he were the one to open it with his cursed hands, forget getting a gold rank attire. He wouldn’t even find a strand of hair in there.

【Team】Milk Tea Small Crisp: ^_^

One by one, the players opened their chests to redeem their rewards. Most rewards were alright but none were particularly eye-catching.

Milk Tea Small Crisp opened his chest and received a Megaphone worth 28 yuan. Ji Xiaoli glanced at his disciple’s box and turned his head to open his own chest. Suddenly, a system announcement appeared atop the heads of all players——

【System】Riding the crest of a wave, fortune shines down upon you. Player “Teacher Orders a Salute” opened Ouyang Feng’s treasure chest and received one shard of Millenium Dark Steel, a material used to forge sacred weapons.

The World exploded in a flash.

【What kind of European is this AAAA!!!】

【European eat an umbrella*! I want the Millenium Dark Steel too!】

*欧吃伞 European eat an umbrella is Chinese gaming slang used to describe the envy and hatred inside you when you see someone else get lucky.

In Baituo Mountain Village, there was a moment of silence.

And then, the rookies exclaimed in astonishment. The big shots were composed, demonstrating their expertise.

【Team】Braised Pigeon: Just a shard of Millenium Dark Steel would be of no use to you. Sell it to me. I’ll buy it for 8000.

【Team】Lao Wan: Then, I’ll have to outbid you, Pigeon. I bid 9000.

【Team】Braised Pigeon: Damn! Lao Wan, you son of a bitch. You want to fight me for it?

【Team】YueJian ChunHe: Bro Salute, this is something my boss definitely wants. I’ll be honest with you. This item looks impressive, but you need to accumulate 50 pieces of Millenium Dark Steel to forge a sacred weapon. In this entire region. Boss Yue is the only one with 35. Jade Starship and Sword Dog only have a dozen. Wait for a bit. I’ll get Boss Yue to come and quote you a price in person. I guarantee it will be this region’s highest offer.

Braised Pigeon and Lao Wan:【Fuck!!!】

YueJian ChunHe’s avatar promptly went dim: He had gone offline.

10 seconds later, he was online again.

【Team】Braised Pigeon: Holy shit, ChunHe, you came online so quickly? You’re faster than a bullet train.

YueJian ChunHe did not speak, but everyone knew that at that moment, this Huashan da shixiong standing in Baituo Mountain Village was no longer the comedic substitute he was just now.

He was clearly wearing the same white robes and wielded the exact same long sword. But the psychological impression made him seem more aloof and indifferent. There was a clear distinction between him and the others, and overall, he seemed more dignified.

None of the newbies dared to speak, only covertly huddling around the big shot. Even Meat Bun, Pigeon, and the others were not as chatty as before.

It all happened so fast that before Ji Xiaoli could react to the fact that he had a Millenium Dark Steel in hand, YueJian ChunHe was already online.

Within the next second, his mailbox lit up.

【PM】YueJian Chunhe: 15,000. This region’s highest offer price. Sell?

For the past half hour or so, Ji Xiaoli was on the same team with this name and watched as the other party chatted. There were no abnormal feelings then. But this time, looking at the short string of words sent by YueJian ChunHe, Ji Xiaoli’s hair stood on one end as his pupils flickered faintly.

His lips were dry. His throat also felt a tad parched. Ji Xiaoli gawked incredulously at YueJian ChunHe’s words. And then, with a grip on his mouse, right-click… blocked.

【PM】YueJian ChunHe:?

[You have been blocked by this user. The message has failed to be sent.]

YueJian ChunHe: “…..”

Yes, the saying goes… Infiltrate the enemy base and live with his tail tucked between his legs.

Digits tapping rhythmically on the keyboard, YueJian ChunHe looked at the words on the computer, inky pupils reflected the Huashan swordsman dressed in blue.

A minute later, Ji Xiaoli finally reacted.

“……”

“Dammit, I actually did what my heart had wanted to do aaa!!!”

T/N: Thank you for contributing prayers and brain cells to our protagonist ɷ◡ɷ we must light candles for him once more.

Next chapter:

“Whatever you want to do, whether you want to sell it or not, Xiaoli, no one is going to force you.”